@kupo – God, doctors can be the -worst-. Real glad you found one competent to do their job, and can finally get appropriate treatment!

As for me… doing okay in most practical ways; even the possibility of a promotion at work. Feeling pretty bummed today, though, ’cause the racism kerfuffle in my favourite fandom (thanks wwth for digging up some racism bingo cards for me in the other thread!) turned ugly. Suddenly a lot of talk about whites being the real victims of racism, the Holocaust being an anti-white crime, Europe being for white people, universities conspiring to turn the younger generations against whites, and so on. Pretty depressing in a place that’s been a haven for so many years.

Congratulations, Paradoxy! :-)))))
And to Scildfreja re the publication! But re the friends … (>.<) … I have a couple of siblings who have gradually drifted that way over the years. Depresses the hell out of me sometimes. I just don't discuss things with them any more, which is also sad. :-\

Re family/friends going conservative: my wife’s family supports Trump. My mothers family is concerned that Trump isn’t a ‘real’ conservative. The only people I’m related to that I can talk politics and religion with are my father and my little sister, and I’ve noticed both of them sliding more centrist since they moved back to Montana (that is, where my mothers sisters and mother live).

I’m just glad I live in a different time zone from them. I love them dearly, but it’s tough to have real conversations with some of these people. Especially as they’re my people.

We Hunted the Mammoth tracks and mocks the white male rage underlying the rise of Trump and Trumpism. This blog is NOT a safe space; given the subject matter -- misogyny and hate -- there's really no way it could be.